>> dbms_output.put_line('') would at least be legal.>> >>>But if you write it you should be fired. >> >> Why is attempting to put blank lines into debug output a cause for dismissal?>>Personally I don't allow any program to get past debug stage with>dbms_output in it because it is without purpose.

That's certainly a fair point. But more of a point to be picked up in a code
review and coding standards than cause for immediate dismissal for typing the
code posted as an anonymous block ;-)